President Trump wants that $3.5 billion back from California for the canceled bullet train

As Twitchy reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in his State of the State address to the legislature that he’s giving up on statewide high-speed rail from Sacramento to San Diego, citing the project as too costly.

The governor did say, however, that he’d like to build around 165 miles of track in the Central Valley between Bakersfield and Merced, for what that’s worth.

The thing is, that whole high-speed rail boondoggle was subsidized with billions in tax dollars, and President Trump wants the money back if California is giving up on the train.

California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars. They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars. We want that money back now. Whole project is a “green” disaster!

Hmm… if “the Grantee has misused Federal assistance funds by failing to make adequate progress,” the FRA “reserves the right to require the Grantee to repay the entire amount of FRA funds provided under this Agreement.”

Newsom had to make a choice. California could not afford to keep investing in the bullet train AND health care for illegal aliens. He chose the illegal aliens. California environmentalists got the the boot.